x, for it might detract from his message. By keeping the time frame of 1984 to a short period and involving relatively few main characters, Orwell focuses on the important issues of totalitarianism and total government control through brainwashing. In connection with the plot of this novel, Orwell’s setting is of supreme importance, for it creates the ambience of the story. Orwell’s setting is well done, and helps formulate the reader’s opinions about what he is reading. Nineteen Eighty Four begins in spring, the traditional time of rebirth and romance. But the reader soon learns this is not an accurate description of the times. The air is cold and the city is a ruin. With just a few indications of setting, the reader begins to understand what this novel stands for. London, a city central to the Western tradition and one of the most beautiful cities in the world, has been destroyed through the revolution from capitalism to totalitarianism. It is virtually an open sewer. Everything, from the language and culture to its history and people, is being demolished. Orwell also uses setting to communicate mood and situations, arousing hate in the reader towards Ingsoc and Big Brother. The best examples of this are the Two Minutes Hate and Winston’s electroshock treatment. By using normal surroundings and twisting them, Orwell communicates the idea that our own world is vulnerable to the tyranny portrayed in Oceania. In 1984, Orwell manipulates his setting so

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